AndrewG:
Doesnt help having the fifth wheel set so high, seems to be a UK thing. Having no chassis plate would likely lower that by at least 10cm…
It also doesn’t help the fact that the driver either (a) doesn’t know his trailer height (b) didn’t read what the canopy height is or (c) all of the above .
It doesn’t help that the canopy of a fuel station next to a busy trunk road is not high enough and that’s the same in some motorway service stations too.
Im not defending the driver, its entirely his fault just merely pointing out the fifth wheel height
My own has no chassis plate, the the bottom of the trailer is literally only a few cm above the tyres (open arches), its a SAF low profile fifth wheel, keeps the trailer as low as is possible.
4m though and it wouldnt have hit
I came past this today, wondered who had hit it. Ive been in there to fill up hundreds of times over the years.
I made a point of looking and couldn’t see a height figure on the canopy and its only about 12 months old, was renewed!
If no height marked could the driver make an assumption that it was 16 feet plus??
In theory but sone part of him should’ve thought “hmm looks low I’ll take it slow” and shoved his head out the window to look
Aren’t filling stations notorious for putting height signs in metres? Not an excuse again but we do still work in feet and inches mainly
AndrewG:
Doesnt help having the fifth wheel set so high, seems to be a UK thing. Having no chassis plate would likely lower that by at least 10cm…
It also doesn’t help the fact that the driver either (a) doesn’t know his trailer height (b) didn’t read what the canopy height is or (c) all of the above .
It doesn’t help that the canopy of a fuel station next to a busy trunk road is not high enough and that’s the same in some motorway service stations too.
Im not defending the driver, its entirely his fault just merely pointing out the fifth wheel height
My own has no chassis plate, the the bottom of the trailer is literally only a few cm above the tyres (open arches), its a SAF low profile fifth wheel, keeps the trailer as low as is possible.
4m though and it wouldnt have hit
I came past this today, wondered who had hit it. Ive been in there to fill up hundreds of times over the years.
I made a point of looking and couldn’t see a height figure on the canopy and its only about 12 months old, was renewed!
If no height marked could the driver make an assumption that it was 16 feet plus??
Some motorway service stations have hgv only pumps with canopies at less than 16.6 so they’re asking for trouble, I’ve even seen some at 4.8 m which is about 15’8” so if you want fuel and you’re pulling a decker you have to drop it .
